Priceline Hotel: 3* Ontario Hilton Airport

[wsj3200]

Bid Ontario 3*.................................$44 rejected :)

Added Corona for a free bid.............$50 accepted :)

Taxes and service fees....................$13.38

Total..............................................$63.38

Rooms in this area have not been as easy to get lately. Last year bids of $41 - $43 routinely won. The price seems to be higher now although I haven't got to the bottom line price yet. In January I had to go to $65 to get a 2.5 star in this area. A friend of mine got the Hilton 3* for a weekend stay mid January for a $60 bid the day before her stay. My bids for the same weekend several days before and on several different occasions all failed at this level. The Doubletree was going for $41 last year, but hasn't come up yet this year.

[thereuare]

As 'traditional' hotel rates have climbed, so have the prices thru the opaque channels as well... so it's possible that the Doubletree has raised their opaque rates and/or is giving less inventory to the opaque suppliers as a result of higher occupancy levels.

For $50 i'd be more than happy with a Hilton or a Doubletree :)

Thanks for the post and enjoy your stay.

[wsj3200]

Update on this Hotel. I had a friend bid the same dates starting at $47 in an attempt to hone in on the lowest price. His bid was accepted on the first try.